Re: How much power can a 400 block non 230 casting hold up
[Re: TROUBLE987]
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05/12/15 10:55 PM
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76 440 block, stock caps, ARP studs, cheap H beam steel rods, icon pistons. 8.95-145 @ 3200lbs, Bad gear choice (4.56) converter that eats a lot of power, and a glide.
Between the two plate systems, most people would call it a 400 hit. It lives because it has good fuel, and no timing! You detonate it, you're gonna drive over the crank.
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Re: How much power can a 400 block non 230 casting hold up
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05/12/15 11:28 PM
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76 440 block, stock caps, ARP studs, cheap H beam steel rods, icon pistons. 8.95-145 @ 3200lbs, Bad gear choice (4.56) converter that eats a lot of power, and a glide.
Between the two plate systems, most people would call it a 400 hit. It lives because it has good fuel, and no timing! You detonate it, you're gonna drive over the crank. nice billy..what brand nos are you running?or you custom build yours
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Re: How much power can a 400 block non 230 casting hold up
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05/13/15 12:44 AM
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My brothers and I are fond of NOS big shot plates, double-cross and the like. We've had 3 or 4 stock block combos in the high 8's, low 9's and never knocked the webbing out of a block, broke other stuff, but not that. A few have had aluminum main caps, and a few have had aluminum rods.
In 1997, we went 9.19 in a 3000lb AMX, with a single stage cheater plate. It had an aluminum rod 451 (400 block, 440 crank in it. After 17 years of service, including many street miles, one of the 6.53 BME rods finally let go last summer.
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Re: How much power can a 400 block non 230 casting hold up
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05/13/15 11:28 AM
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That hitting hard stuff went out the window in the 90's. A plate may have reacted better back then because of bad tune ups. IMO no reason to have a plate unless class rules or just spraying 100hp or something very small.
One day I will have something cool here.
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Re: How much power can a 400 block non 230 casting hold up
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05/14/15 06:48 PM
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I have made over 1000hp to the tires with a 400 block for about 10-12 passes everytime. It would split cylinder walls. I think if you sleeved all 8 with moly sleeves and stayed like 4.32 or 4.35 bore it would last a good while in the 1k range but you would have a fortune in it might as well go to alum.
One day I will have something cool here.
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